Examples of inaction in a Sentence
The protesters criticized the administration's inaction on environmental issues.
We must consider the consequences of continued inaction.
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The Reagan airport tragedy last winter showed us the cost of inaction.
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Kevin Sabet, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., laid out the stakes of inaction at the beginning of the hearing.
—Lauren Peller, ABC News, 13 May 2025
Quenneville also realizes that’s not nearly enough to satisfy a significant segment of hockey fans who believe his acknowledged inaction during the Blackhawks scandal should have ended his career.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
Quenneville also realizes that’s not nearly enough to satisfy a significant segment of hockey fans who believe his acknowledged inaction during the Blackhawks scandal should have ended his career forever.
—Greg Beacham, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2025
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Kevin Sabet, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., laid out the stakes of inaction at the beginning of the hearing.
—Lauren Peller, ABC News, 13 May 2025
Quenneville also realizes that’s not nearly enough to satisfy a significant segment of hockey fans who believe his acknowledged inaction during the Blackhawks scandal should have ended his career.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
Quenneville also realizes that’s not nearly enough to satisfy a significant segment of hockey fans who believe his acknowledged inaction during the Blackhawks scandal should have ended his career forever.
—Greg Beacham, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2025
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“Inaction.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inaction. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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inaction
noun
in·ac·tion
(ˈ)in-ˈak-shən 
: lack of action or activity : idleness
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